Test Automation Engineer: Build QA Frameworks & CI/CD

RedTech Recruitment Ltd.; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

RedTech Recruitment Ltd. in Cambridge is seeking a Software Engineer in Test to build automated testing frameworks and tools that improve software quality and streamline releases. You will work closely with developers and product teams and influence how software is built and tested.

The role is hybrid with 2 days per week in the Cambridge office, offering opportunities to advance testing strategy across modern tools and scalable systems.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of commercial experience in test automation or software engineering.
• Experience with automation frameworks such as Cypress, Playwright, pytest.
• Experience building and maintaining automated tests across API, UI, integration and regression tests.
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience testing APIs with Postman or REST Assured.
• Experience participating in code reviews and writing maintainable code.
• Strong debugging, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration with developers.
• Experience with Docker or Kubernetes is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain automated testing frameworks covering APIs, UI, and component interactions.
• Build reliable automated test suites and integrate them into development and release pipelines.
• Work closely with developers to introduce testing earlier in the development process.
• Investigate test failures and provide clear technical feedback for resolution.
• Help improve test coverage, test data and testing environments.
• Review code and contribute to software design, testability and engineering standards.
• Develop tools and approaches that make testing more efficient for the team.
• Contribute to performance, load and security testing where required.

Skills

Test automation

CI/CD integration

Debugging

Communication

Tools

Cypress

Playwright

pytest

Postman

REST Assured

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

RedTech Recruitment Ltd. in Cambridge is seeking a Software Engineer in Test to build automated testing frameworks and tools that improve software quality and streamline releases. You will work closely with developers and product teams and influence how software is built and tested.

The role is hybrid with 2 days per week in the Cambridge office, offering opportunities to advance testing strategy across modern tools and scalable systems.